Igor Kovalik

Born in the former Czechoslovakia and raised in Toronto, Kovalik studied film at NYU and eventually settled in Los Angeles. In 1997 he opened an editing company that eventually became Beast Editorial. Under Kovalik’s creative management, Beast grew into one of the largest commercial editorial companies in the USA with offices in LA, New York, San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, Detroit, and Atlanta. Beast’s award-winning work touched a huge portion of the US advertising market and has serviced virtually every top brand and advertising agency in the country.

Since selling his interest in Beast to Deluxe Media, Kovalik’s focus has primarily been on content creation and documentary work. He has travelled the world creating content for the United Nations, NFL, Apple, Harper’s Bazaar, Genesis Motors, Princess Cruises, Ad Council, Country Music Association to name just a few. In 2017 Kovalik won an Emmy Award for the campaign he co-created for the Detroit Pistons. The Campaign also received top honors winning the 2016 NBA Marketing Award as selected by the league.

Along with his Branded clients, Kovalik has been active in the music video industry having worked with Pink, Shakira, REM, and The Black Eyed Peas among others. He has been a creative collaborator with Linkin Park since 2007.

Kovalik’s feature-length work includes multiple projects for Oprah Winfrey, The Documentary Group, Will.i.am, as well as HBO’s LUCK for director Michael Mann. Kovalik also just recently completed a documentary for the United Nations tracking the 2018 Ebola Outbreak in the DRC.


Kovalik has won numerous Clios, MTV Music Video Awards, Cannes Lions, and an Emmy.